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    Collection code US

    Herbarium - Smithsonian Institution

    From Smithsonian Institution
    naturalhistory.si.edu
    United States of AmericaWashington
    5,100,000 specimens
    Eric Schuettpelz

    Description

    Plants, algae, lichens, diatoms Global
    Taxonomic description
    All groups (except fungi)
    Geographic description
    Worldwide with emphasis on neotropics, North America, Pacific Islands, Philippines, and Indian subcontinent
    Temporal description
    No information
    Notes
    All requests should be sent to USNH@si.edu. Please use this address for parcel and courier delivery: Smithsonian Institution, NMNH, MRC-166, Department of Botany, West Loading Dock, 10th & Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, District of Columbia 20560, U.S.A. US fungi transferred to BPI. US has collections from U.S. South Pacific Exploring Expedition (1838-1842), U.S. North Pacific Exploring Expedition (1853-1856), LaPlata Expedition (1853-1856), Mexican Boundary Survey (1854-1855), California Geological Survey (1860-1867), International Boundary Commission: U.S. and Mexico (1892-1894), Colombia Cinchona missions (1940-1945), Bureau of Science (Philippines), Harriman Alaskan Expedition, and Regnell Expeditions (Brazil). 66% of the US National Herbarium collections have been digitized (roughly 2.5 million catalog records). 33% have been imaged as well as digitized.
    Code
    US
    Number of specimens in collection
    5,100,000
    Homepage
    Incorporated collections
    • Part of LCU (Cyperaceae)
    • lichens of MO
    • part of NTS
    • types of USFS
    • part of GMS (types and G. J. Hollenberg collections)
    • part of Biltmore Herbarium
    • Beaudette Foundation Marine Herbarium
    • Mouillefarine Herbarium
    • cryptogams of Goucher College
    • LGO
    • USNC (28000 specimens)

    Collection descriptors

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    Contacts

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    Country
    United States of America
    State/Province
    District of Columbia
    City/Town
    Washington
    Address
    10th and Constitution, N.W.
    Mailing address
    Country
    United States of America
    State/Province
    District of Columbia
    City/Town
    Washington
    Postal/Zip Code
    20013-7012
    Address
    P.O. Box 37012
    ES

    Eric Schuettpelz

    Curator of the Herbarium

    Identifiers

    Code
    US
    Alternative codes
    • Botany
      Code migrated from iDigBio
    Identifiers
    Entry created: March 31, 2020
    Last modified: July 13, 2022
    Modified by: ih-sync
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